Elevate – English Lyrics

• By: Popcaan, Imeru Tafari

Lyrics & Translation

Dive into the world of Jamaican music with "Elevate," a powerful collaboration between Popcaan and Imeru Tafari. This song offers a fantastic opportunity to learn English, especially Jamaican Patois phrases, through its clear and motivational lyrics. Discover how the artists inspire listeners to rise above challenges and celebrate their journey to success, making it a special track for language learners and music enthusiasts alike.

[English]

♪ Yow ♪

♪ Yow Atto ♪

♪ Yow, Jelly Badz, ha ♪

♪ Woyoy ♪

♪ Unruly enuh ♪

♪ Yeah ♪

♪ Yeah ♪

♪ Lose a couple friend and start win more ♪

♪ Greatness, man nah ignore ♪

♪ Fully outside, man nah indoor ♪

♪ High grade a kick like a Whitmore ♪

♪ Atto, drop a bomb like a C-4 ♪

♪ Babylon want we live poor ♪

♪ My life sweet like an Ensure ♪

♪ Blessings a flow and me get more ♪

♪ Them haffi watch we a elevate ♪

♪ Them haffi watch we a elevate ♪

♪ Them haffi watch we a elevate ♪

♪ Them haffi watch we a elevate ♪

♪ All when time rough, we a celebrate ♪

♪ Them haffi watch we a elevate ♪

♪ While them a fight and a segregate ♪

♪ Them haffi watch we a elevate ♪

♪ Them haffi we arise ♪

♪ We a soar, let them them negative vibes ♪

♪ Trouble ♪

♪ Meru, we no fear no devil in a disguise ♪

♪ Them come around with dem mouth full a lies, oh ♪

♪ Real lion don't roll with the crow dem ♪

♪ Imeru done great, we a show them ♪

♪ Ventrice Morgan son a the chosen ♪

♪ Blessing, it a flow like the hose them ♪

♪ It is there for me ♪

♪ It is there you ♪

♪ If you start to seek, then you find the truth ♪

♪ Higher heights we see ♪

♪ Like a kite we flew ♪

♪ You nuh like the G ♪

♪ Me no like you too ♪

♪ Them haffi watch we elevate ♪

♪ Them haffi watch we a elevate ♪

♪ Them haffi watch we a elevate ♪

♪ Them haffi watch we a elevate ♪

♪ All when time rough, we a celebrate ♪

♪ Them haffi watch we a elevate ♪

♪ While them a fight and a segregate ♪

♪ Them haffi watch we a elevate ♪

♪ Them haffi watch we a go fi the goal ♪

♪ Watch how me spaceship a sail ♪

♪ When time me deh' pon the toll ♪

♪ Unruly, we can't trust them friend yah nuh more ♪

♪ Can't make them fail me again ♪

♪ Because them switch up before ♪

♪ When them see the Judah, the lion a roar ♪

♪ Badmind say him sick, when a me have the cure ♪

♪ Runkus say we blessing them a full up galore ♪

♪ Man ina boot a sweat then dem deh home a snore ♪

♪ It is there for me ♪

♪ It is there you ♪

♪ If you start to seek, then you find the truth ♪

♪ Higher heights we see ♪

♪ Like a kite we flew ♪

♪ You nuh like the G ♪

♪ Mi nuh like yuh too ♪

♪ Them haffi watch we a elevate ♪

♪ Them haffi watch we a elevate ♪

♪ Them haffi watch we a elevate ♪

♪ Them haffi watch we a elevate ♪

♪ All when time rough, we a celebrate ♪

♪ Them haffi watch we a elevate ♪

♪ While them a fight and a segregate ♪

♪ Them haffi watch we a elevate ♪

♪ Lose a couple friend and start win more ♪

♪ Greatness man nah ignore ♪

♪ Fully outside, man nah indoor ♪

♪ High grade a kick like a Whitmore ♪

♪ Atto, drop a bomb like a C-4 ♪

♪ Babylon want we live poor ♪

♪ My life sweet like an Ensure ♪

♪ Blessings a flow and me get more ♪

♪ Them haffi watch we a elevate ♪

♪ Them haffi watch we a elevate ♪

♪ Them haffi watch we a elevate ♪

♪ Them haffi watch we a elevate ♪

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
elevate /ˈel.ɪ.veɪt/ B2	verb - to raise or lift up verb - to improve or uplift someone’s status
celebrate /ˈsel.ə.breɪt/ B1	verb - to observe a ceremony or festivity verb - to honor someone or something
greatness /ˈɡreɪt.nəs/ B2	noun - the quality of being great
blessing /ˈbles.ɪŋ/ B2	noun - something that brings well‑being verb - to confer a blessing upon
flow /floʊ/ B1	noun - steady movement of a liquid or of something abstract verb - to move continuously and smoothly
rise /raɪz/ A2	verb - to go up; ascend noun - an increase or upward movement
soar /sɔːr/ B2	verb - to fly high; to ascend rapidly
fight /faɪt/ A2	verb - to engage in combat or struggle noun - a physical or verbal struggle
segregate /ˈsɛɡ.rɪˌɡeɪt/ C1	verb - to separate or set apart
truth /truːθ/ B1	noun - the quality or state of being true
heights /haɪts/ B2	noun - high places; a great level or degree
kite /kaɪt/ A2	noun - a light frame with paper or fabric, flown in the wind verb - to fly a kite
friend /frɛnd/ A1	noun - a person with whom one has a bond of mutual affection
Babylon /ˈbæb.ɪ.lɒn/ C2	proper noun - ancient city; symbolic of oppression in Jamaican/Reggae culture
devil /ˈdɛv.əl/ B1	noun - an evil spirit; a wicked person
lies /laɪz/ A2	noun - false statements
lion /ˈlaɪ.ən/ A2	noun - large carnivorous feline; a brave person
chosen /ˈtʃoʊ.zən/ B2	adjective - selected; preferred
seek /siːk/ B1	verb - to look for; to try to obtain

Key Grammar Structures

• Lose a couple friend and start win more

  ➔ coordinate conjunction 'and'

  ➔ The conjunction "and" links two verb phrases: "Lose a couple friend" **and** "start win more".

• If you start to seek, then you find the truth

  ➔ zero conditional (if + present, present)

  ➔ The clause "If you start to seek" uses the present simple, and the result clause "you find the truth" also uses the present simple, expressing a general truth.

• All when time rough, we a celebrate

  ➔ temporal clause with "when"

  ➔ "when" introduces a temporal clause: "when time rough" meaning "when the time is rough".

• Can't make them fail me again

  ➔ modal verb "can't" for inability

  ➔ "Can't" is the contracted form of "cannot" and shows that the speaker is unable to do something.

• We a soar, let them negative vibes

  ➔ imperative clause with "let"

  ➔ "let" introduces an imperative meaning: "let them [be] negative vibes" essentially means "allow those negative vibes".

• My life sweet like an Ensure

  ➔ simile with "like"

  ➔ "like" is used to compare two things: "My life sweet like an Ensure" means the life is as sweet as the brand "Ensure".

• Babylon want we live poor

  ➔ verb + object pattern with "want" (causative)

  ➔ "want" is followed by an object "we" and a bare infinitive "live". It means "Babylon wants us to live in poverty".

• Them haffi watch we a elevate

  ➔ modal expression "have to" ("haffi") for obligation

  ➔ "haffi" is a Jamaican Patois form of "have to". The sentence means "They have to watch us elevate".